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Spirituality, Religion, and Substance Coping as Regulators of Emotions and Meaning Making: Different Effects on Pain and Joy
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In this paper, the authors address whether aspects of spirituality and religion predict psychological and emotional well-being in a general population over and above personality and coping through the use of drugs or alcohol.Abstract:
This study addresses whether aspects of spirituality and religion predict psychological and emotional well-being in a general population over and above personality and coping through the use of drugs or alcohol. Results are consistent with self-control theory and positive psychology approaches.read more
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Life is pretty meaningful.
TL;DR: It is suggested that if meaning in life plays a role in adaptation, it must be commonplace, as the analysis suggests.
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Happiness, Excellence, and Optimal Human Functioning Revisited: Examining the Peer-Reviewed Literature Linked to Positive Psychology
TL;DR: This paper identified and examined the peer-reviewed literature linked to the positive psychology movement and found that positive psychology is a growing and vibrant sub-area within the broader discipline of psychology, committed to using the same rigorous scientific methods as other sub-areas, in pursuit of understanding well-being, excellence, and optimal human functioning.
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Review of the Application of Positive Psychology to Substance Use, Addiction, and Recovery Research
TL;DR: Positive psychology and the recovery movement is introduced, the research on positive psychology in the addictions is described, and future avenues of theory, research, and intervention based on a positive-psychology framework are discussed.
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God representations and aspects of psychological functioning: A meta-analysis
Henk P. Stulp,Jurrijn Koelen,Annemiek Schep-Akkerman,Gerrit Glas,Liesbeth Eurelings-Bontekoe +4 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a meta-analysis was conducted to examine the magnitude of the associations between God representations and aspects of psychological functioning, including self-concept, relationships with others and neuroticism.
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Early Childhood Precursors and Adolescent Sequelae of Grade School Peer Rejection and Victimization
TL;DR: Structural models revealed that early aggression and emotion Dysregulation (but not internalizing behavior) made unique contributions to grade school peer rejection; only emotion dysregulation made unique contribution to gradeSchool victimization.
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